Social economic transformation in Bulgaria: An empirical assessment of the merchant capitalism thesis

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 937-965

  Spenner, Kenneth I ^a   Jones, Derek C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391230     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.3.937     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Agency for Economic Coordination and Development. 1991. "A Survey of the Bulgarian Economy for 1991." Sophia, Bulgaria.
2. _. 1992. "A Survey of the Bulgarian Economy for 1992." Sophia, Bulgaria.
3. Aoki, Masahiko. 1984. The Cooperative Game Theory of the Firm. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
4. Beleva, I., R. Jackman, and M. Nenova-Amar. 1993. "The Labour Market in Bulgaria." Institue for Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sophia, Bulgaria. Working Paper.
5. Ben-Ner, Avner, J. Michael Montias, and Egon Neuberger. 1993. "Basic Issues in Organizations: A Comparative Perspective." Journal of Comparative Economics 17: 207-42.
6. Blanchard, O. 1996. "Theoretical Aspects of Transition." American Economic Review 86:117-22.
7. Blasi, Joseph. 1995. "Corporate Ownership and Corporate Governance in Russia: 1994 Findings." In Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association, 1995.
8. Bristow, John A. 1996. The Bulgarian Economy in Transition. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
9. Burawoy, Michael. 1992. "The End of Sovietology and the Renaissance of Modernization Theory." Contemporary Sociology 21: 774-85.
10. Burawoy, Michael, and Katherine Hendley. 1993. "Between Perestroika and Privatization: Divided Strategies and Political Crisis in a Soviet Enterprise. Soviet Studies 44:371-402.
11. Burawoy, Michael, and Pavel Krotov. 1992. "The Soviet Transition from Socialism to Capitalism: Worker Control and Economic Bargaining in the Wood Industry." American Sociological Review 57:16-38.
12. Carlin, Wendy, John Van Reenen, and Toby Wolfe. 1994. "Enterprise Restructuring in the Transition: An Analytical Survey of the Case Study Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe." Working Paper #14, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London.
13. Commander, S., L. Liberman, C. Ugaz, and R. Yemtsov. 1993. "The Behavior of Russian Firms in 1992: Evidence from a Survey." Working Paper Series, #1166. Economic Development Insitute, The World Bank. Washington, D.C.
14. Dobrinsky, Rumen. 1995. "Bad Enterprise Debt in Bulgaria." Research Report #211, The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies, Vienna.
15. Estrin, Saul, Alan Gelb, and Inderjit Singh. 1995. "Shocks and Adjustment by firms in Transition: A Comparative Study." Journal of Comparative Economics 21:131-53.
16. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 1994. Transition Report for 1994. London: EBRD.
17. _. 1995. Transition Report for 1995. London: EBRD.
18. Fischer, Stanley, Ratna Sahay, and Carlos A. Vegh. 1996. "Stabilization and Growth in Transition Economies: The Early Experience" Journal of Economic Perspectives 10: 45-66.
19. Fligstein, Neil. 1996. "Markets as Politics: A Political-Cultural Approach to Market Institutions." American Sociological Review 61:656-73.
20. Gates, Susan, Paul Milgrom, and John Roberts. 1993. "Complementarities in the Transition from Socialism: A Firm-Level Analysis." Institute for Policy Reform, and the US Agency for International Development. Washington, D.C.
21. Hannah, L., and J.A. Kay. 1977. Concentration in Modern Industry: Theory, Measurement and the U.K. Experience. Macmillan.
22. Hewett, E. 1988. Reforming the Soviet Economy. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution.
23. Ickes, B. W., and R. Ryterman. 1993. "Roadblock to Economic Reform: Inter-enterprise Debt and the Transition to Market." Working Paper #61. Institute for Reform in the Informal Sector, University of Maryland.
24. International Labour Organization. 1994. The Bulgarian Challenge: Reforming Labour Market and Social Policy. Geneva: International Labor Organization.
25. Jacquemin, Alexis. 1987. The New Industrial Organization: Market Forces and Strategic Behavior. MIT Press.
26. Johnson, Simon, and Gary Loveman. 1995. "Starting Over: Poland after Communism." Harvard Business Review March-April:44-56.
27. Jones, Derek. C. 1992. "The Transformation of Labor Unions in Eastern Europe: The Case of Bulgaria." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 45:452-70.
28. _. 1994. "Restructuring Enterprises in Bulgaria: The Role of Corporate Governance." Working Paper, Department of Economics, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.
29. _. 1995a. "Successor unions in transitional economies: Evidence from St. Petersburg." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 49:39-57.
30. _. 1995b. "Employee Participation During the Early Stages of Transition: Evidence from Bulgaria." Economic and Industrial Democracy 16:111-35.
31. _. 1995c. "Successor Unions and the Evolution of Industrial Relations in Former Communist Countries." Working Paper 95-1, Department of Economics, Hamilton College. Clinton, New York.
32. Jones, Derek C., and Takao Kato. 1997. "The Nature and Determinants of Labor Market Transitions in Former Socialist Economies" Industrial Relations 36:229-54.
33. _. 1996. "The Determinants of Chief Executive Compensation in Transitional Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria" Labour Economics 3:319-36.
34. Jones, Derek C., and Meike Meurs. 1991. "Worker Participation and Worker Self-Management in Bulgaria." Comparative Economic Studies Winter: 47-81.
35. Jones, Derek C., and Stoyko Nikolov. 1996. "Enterprise Adjustment During Early Transition: Evidence from Bulgaria." Discussion Paper #39, Middle Europe Centre, London Business School, London.
36. Jones, Derek C., and Svilen Parvulov. 1995. "Industrial Organization in a Restructuring Socialist Economy: Evidence from Bulgaria." Empirica 22:23-46.
37. Jones, Derek C., and Tom Weisskopf. 1995. "The Nature and Effects of Privatization in Russia." Working Paper, Department of Economics, Hamilton College. Clinton, New York.
38. Koford, K., and J. Miller. 1995. "Contracts in Bulgaria: How Agents Cope When Property Rights are Incomplete." Working Paper, Department of Economics, University of Delaware.
39. Kornai, Janos. 1980. The Economics of Shortage. Amsterdam: North Holland.
40. Koslowski, Rey. 1992. "Market Institutions, East European Reform, and Economic Theory." Journal of Economic Issues 26:673-705.
41. Kroll, Heidi. 1991. "Monopoly and Transition to the Market." Soviet Economy 7:143-74.
42. Lampe, John. 1986. The Bulgarian Economy in the Twentieth Century. Croom Helm.
43. McIntyre, Robert. J. 1988. Bulgaria: Politics, Economics, and Society. London: Pinter Publishers.
44. Meurs, Mieke, and Darren Spreeuw. 1997. "Evolution of Agrarian Institutions in Bulgaria: Markets. Cooperatives, and Private Farming, 1991-94." Pp. 275-98 in The Bulgarian Economy: Lessons from Reform During Early Transition. Edited by Derek C. Jones and Jeffrey Miller. Hants, England: Ashgate Publishing.
45. Murrell, Peter. 1992. "Evolution in Economics and in the Economic Reform of the Centrally Planned Economies." Pp. 35-53 in The Emergence of Market Economies in Eastern Europe Edited by C. Clague and G. Rausser. Blackwell.
46. _. 1996. "How Far has the Transition Progressed?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 10:25-44.
47. National Statistical Institute. 1993. Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgaria: National Statistical Institute.
48. North, Douglas, C. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance. Cambridge University Press.
49. Rona-Tas, Akos. 1994. "The First Shall be Last? Entrepreneurship and Communist Cadres in the Transition from Socialism." American Journal of Sociology 100:40-69.
50. Shapira, Philip, and Krassimira Paskaleva. 1994. "After Central Planning: The Restructuring of State Industry in Bulgaria's Bourgas Region." European Planning Studies 2:131-57.
51. Spenner, Kenneth I., and Kyasto Petkov. 1992. "The Effects of Technology on the Quantity and Quality of work: Similarities Between East and West." Journal of Managerial Issues 4:533-53.
52. Spenner, Kenneth I., Olga Suhomlinova, Sten Thore, Kenneth Land, and Derek Jones. 1997. "Strong Legacies and Weak Markets: Bulgarian State-Owned Enterprises During Early Transition." Working Paper, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
53. Stark, David. 1992. "Path Dependence and Privatization: Strategies for East Central Europe." East European Politics and Societies 6:17-54.
54. _. 1996. "Recombinant Property in East European Capitalism." American Journal of Sociology 101:993-1027.
55. Svejnar, Jan. 1996. "Enterprises and Workers in the Transition: Econometric Evidence." American Economic Review 86:123-27.
56. Thirkell, John E.M., and Elena Tseneva. 1992. "Bulgarian Labour Relations in Transition: Tripartism and Collective Bargaining." International Labour Review 131:355-66.
57. World Bank. 1991a. "Microeconomic Response to the Economic Transformation Program: Evidence from the Largest Polish SOEs." Warsaw: World Bank Resident Mission.
58. _. 1991b. Bulgaria: Crisis and Transition to a Market Economy. Two vols. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
59. _. 1996. From Plan to Market: World Development Report 1996. Oxford University Press.
60. Williamson, Oliver. 1986. The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. Free Press.
61. Winer, B.J. 1971. Second edition. Statistical Principles of Experimental Design. McGraw-Hill.
62. Zeman, Z.A.B. 1991. The Making and Breaking of Communist Europe. Basil Blackwell.
63. Zloch-Christy, Iliana. 1996. Bulgaria in a Time of Change: Economic and Political Dimensions. Hants, England: Avebury Press.